A friend of mine recently won a chili cook-off at a Chicago breast cancer fundraising event. He shared the recipe which came in first out of 40 competitors (not bad for his first cooking competition!). It seemed quite non-traditional and intriguing for a chicken chili given the use of sweet potatoes so I decided to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘comfort food’
Spicy, sweet chili
Posted in comfort food, cooking, tagged comfort food, cooking on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kitchen on the Common, Belmont
Posted in casual dining, comfort food, restaurants, tagged belmont, casual dining, comfort food, Massachusetts, restaurants on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago G and I met some friends for dinner at Kitchen on the Common in Belmont. It is in Cushing Square with a simple storefront. Inside the décor is extremely plain with basic wooden tables without any embellishments. The chef and owner uses all local ingredients so the menu is seasonal and [...]
Ittyo Restaurant, Cambridge
Posted in NRT, casual dining, restaurants, tagged casual dining, comfort food, japanese, Massachusetts, NRT, porter square, restaurants on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our NRT gathering for April was supposed to be at Café Mami in the Porter Exchange building but we arrived to find it closed. It was a bit strange as there was no sign or note so instead we headed two doors down to Ittyo Restaurant. It is a very similar establishment with few tables [...]
Nikisha’s Roti Shop, Dorchester
Posted in NRT, casual dining, diaspora, restaurants, tagged casual dining, comfort food, diaspora, dorchester, Massachusetts, NRT, restaurants, Trinidad on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a break in January we reconvened our NRT outings this past week with a trip to Nikisha’s Roti Shop in Dorchester. As is the case with most Trinidadian roti shops, it is a simple storefront with counter service. A few of us arrived right at 7pm and were greeted by Niki. She mentioned that [...]
Satisfying, meaty vegetable bolognese
Posted in comfort food, cooking, tagged comfort food, cooking on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weekends ago we had a few friends over for a casual dinner. I had the others bring appetizer, dessert and wine so I was only in charge of the main dish. There was just a few of us but one strict vegetarian and two carnivores. However, I wasn’t about to make [...]
Simply delicious chicken
Posted in comfort food, cooking, tagged comfort food, cooking, organic on January 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the past couple of summer we have been ordering wonderful pasture raised, premium chickens from Pete and Jen’s Backyard Birds. A few weeks ago we took one out of the freezer to roast. I love roasted chicken but don’t have a recipe which has always worked well for me. This time I decided to [...]
Hungry Mother, Cambridge
Posted in casual dining, restaurants, tagged casual dining, comfort food, kendall square, Massachusetts, restaurants on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After much anticipation, G and I finally tried Hungry Mother in Kendall Square and it lived up to the hype! We didn’t have a reservation but were lucky enough to snag a couple of seats at the bar. It is a beautifully decorated space with earthy woods, warm tones on the walls with lots of [...]
